A new tax that threatens dogs in France?!

That is the crux. Registering all pets, both cats and dogs, by DNA can help trace ones who leave pavement calling cards, and fines can be sent to the humans responsible.

P.S. Many owners are responsible, carefully collecting and safely disposing of their pet’s poop.

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I can just see me, with an armful of little bags, a dna testing kit and a little scoop, going round checking where I think little Galys has been . She could crap for France in the Olympics. What is it with Setters? My last one, the lovely Tosca, was not called 2-shits Tosca for nothing. :joy:

Dog haters - Look away now.

I have 2 Doodles. Maud is 29k and poops twice a day. Agnes is 22k and somehow manages to produce 6 not insubstantial poops daily. If I were not watching, I would think Agnes is eating all Maud’s food. Isn’t. So, I can only conclude that some canine processors are super poopers. I have one and you are blessed with one too.

:poop:

Dyslexic canine Abba fans?

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I can’t find any official government information on this. It’s just a social media rabble rousing excercise. Remember brexit?
However the French government has form when it comes to introducing pointless regulation. Remember the breathalysers in cars?
Now , by law, we have to have our chimneys swept by a registered professional. The old rule, ‘insurance nullified if unswept chimney responsible for fire’ should have been enough. ( Try calculating the number of new chimney sweeps who must be trained to cover all of France, I tried. 70,000 was my best guess, there are fewer than 6,000 at the moment.)
So it’s SM nonsense but I wouldn’t be surprised if it did come to pass.
Sorry for veering into unrelated areas.

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That is the crux. Registering all pets, both cats and dogs, by DNA can help trace ones who leave pavement calling cards, and fines can be sent to the humans responsible.

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I can forsee a flaw in this argument. What is to stop a neighbour who has a grudge against me or my dog planting a piece of offending material in a prominent public place?

Yes but Brexit did come to pass.

Breathalysers in cars, I had forgotten all about that what happened to it? I never had one myself which, because as a non national immigrant who sticks to the letter of the law, does surprise me.

Chimney sweeps. Never heard of that either. Until a couple of years ago I always swept my own, from the top down, as we have an easily accessible gently sloping roof. I only changed because, even though it was an easy job, I realised that with increasing old age I was becoming very clumsy. In any case, I have a real fire less than once a year now but liked to keep it clear just in case of a power cut, and I know that birds and other small anmals sometimes nest in there.

Isn’t there a flaw in your flaw? Wouldn’t they have to beat you to a pile as you walk in public areas, or creep into your garden and steal some awaiting collection? :thinking:

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Yes, rabble rousing, can be very effective. See D. Trump.
The breathalyser law has not been repealed but the fine has been removed.

Oh, I see, well that’s good then. Unless of course it has been replaced by imprisonment, or worse, deportation, or worse still, to Devil’s Island. :worried:

Seriously though, does it at least subtract points? If not, what on earth is the point and is there any other law which attracts absolutely no punishment? :thinking:

Apparently the breathalyser law was eventually repealed, after the penalty was removed by Francois Hollande’s government:

The French law requiring drivers to carry breathalysers is not enforced because it was repealed in January 2020. The law was first introduced in 2013, but was considered controversial and ineffective at reducing drink driving. The law was also not having an impact on road casualties.
Although the law is no longer in place, many drivers still carry breathalysers to make things easier if they are stopped by the police. If you do want to carry a breathalyser in France, it should be NF-approved.

Thank you for that clarification. My own alcohol intake is extremely small, one or two small glasses of Porto with my evening meal, and 50ml of Calvados in my coffee afterwards (last night that sent me to sleep for the specialised subjects of contestants 2,3 and 4 of Mastermind last night :rofl:). As a result I have the impression that I would get above the limit sooner than I would have done some years ago.

Every couple of weeks or so our local bar is open with some sort of eating organised and I always share a table with 4 friends. I have one or two kirs, or one and a demi, and then a cognac after coffee and often think that I would like to test myself before driving home. It would be sod’s law in a village which normally never sees a gendarme, for one to be waiting outside my house, as I try to reverse into the drive in the dark. :roll_eyes:

For two years the winter tyre requirement had no associated penalty.

And I have yet to find the penalty for gîte owners who do not collect and forward taxe de séjour!